LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Teladoc, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC), the nation’s first and largest telehealth
provider, announced it has been selected again by Mercer as a preferred
provider following a comprehensive six-month review of telehealth
providers. The three-year renewal ensures that Mercer’s health benefits
consulting teams, clients and prospective customers nationally have
access to Teladoc’s sophisticated technology platform, spectrum of
telehealth services, including behavioral health and dermatology, and
health care provider networks.
“For the past three years, Teladoc has provided valuable telehealth
services and meaningful ROIs to our clients and their employees,” said
Cheryl Mealey, Principal and Mercer’s Telehealth leader. “Together, we
have successfully brought traditional primary care telehealth services
and other innovative solutions to shared clients and prospective
customers. Renewing our relationship just made sense.”
Since 2012, Teladoc and Mercer have enjoyed a preferred provider
relationship that has offered telehealth services to more than 700,000
people through a variety of clients including Fortune 500 and Fortune
1000 companies.
“We are thrilled Mercer chose us again to be a preferred telehealth
provider for their consultants and clients,” said Mike King, Teladoc
chief sales officer. “Mercer is a respected leader in health care
benefits consulting and the opportunity to continue our collaboration
with Mercer reinforces the strength of our existing relationship and the
increased interest from Mercer employer clients in the value of
telehealth offerings.”
About Teladoc
Teladoc, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC) is the nation’s first and largest telehealth
platform, delivering on-demand health care anytime, from almost anywhere
via mobile devices, the Internet, secure video and phone. Teladoc
provides consumers with access to its network of more than 3,100
board-certified, state-licensed physicians and behavioral health
professionals who provide care for a wide range of non-emergency
conditions. With a median response time of less than 10 minutes, Teladoc
physicians performed more than 575,000 telehealth visits in 2015.
Teladoc and its physicians consistently earn a 95 percent member
satisfaction rating or better, and Teladoc is the first telehealth
provider to be certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance
(NCQA) for its physician credentialing process.
Recognized in June 2015 by MIT Technology Review as one of the
“50 Smartest Companies,” Teladoc works with health plans, employers,
organizations and individuals to provide access to affordable,
high-quality health care on-demand. Teladoc is transforming the access,
cost and quality dynamics of health care delivery. For more information,
please visit teladoc.com,
twitter.com/teladoc,
facebook.com/teladoc
or linkedin.com/teladoc.
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Source: Teladoc, Inc.